Abstract: Paulo Salles, et al., 2002
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Paulo Salles, Bert Bredeweg, Symone Araujo and Walter Neto, 2002.
Qualitative Models of Interactions between Two Populations
Proceedings of the International workshop on
Qualitative Reasoning, QR'02, pages 143-150, Sitges - Barcelona,
Spain, June 10-12, 2002, N. Angell & J. A. Ortega (editors).
(PDF)
Also published in: Proceedings of the international workshop
at ECAI 2002 on Binding Environmental Sciences and Artificial Intelligence,
(eds) F. Wotawa, M. Sanchèz-Marrè and U. Cortés.
pages 1-1 - 1-8, 2002.
Abstract
This paper presents qualitative models of interactions between
two populations in biological communities. Negative and positive
interactions like competition, predation and symbiosis are
considered determinant factors in the structure of communities
and are important topics in ecological theory and practice.
Qualitative simulations can be used for representing such
ecological knowledge in interactive learning environments.
Using the qualitative theory about population dynamics already
implemented in GARP, we created qualitative simulation models
to support predictions about some of the most common behaviours
of two interacting populations. Modelling assumptions are
explicitly represented and therefore can be analysed by
students and modellers. We briefly discuss how these models
can be organised to create interesting learning routes.
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